rockcress

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rock + cress

Noun

rockcress (countable and uncountable, plural rockcresses)

  1. Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.

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